[23 GEO. 5.]

Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.

[CH. 12.]

PART III.

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(3) A court by which an order remitting a case A.D. 1933. to a juvenile court is made under this section may give such directions as appear to be necessary with respect to the custody of the offender or for his release on bail until he can be brought before the juvenile court, and shall cause to be transmitted to the clerk of the juvenile court a certificate setting out the nature of the offence and stating that the offender has been found guilty thereof, and that the case has been remitted for the purpose of being dealt with under this section.

57.-(1) Any court by or before which a child or Power to young person is found guilty of an offence punishable send juven- in the case of an adult with imprisonment shall, in addition to any other powers exercisable by virtue of this or any other Act, have power-

ile offenders to approved schools or to commit

persons.

(a) to order him to be sent to an approved school; them to fit (b) to commit him to the care of a fit person, whether a relative or not, who is willing to undertake the care of him.

(2) Where an order is made under this section com- mitting a child or young person to the care of a fit person, a probation order may also be made under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1907.

58. The Secretary of State may by order direct Power of that-

Secretary of State to send certain

a Borstal juvenile

offenders to

schools.

(a) a person who is under the age of eighteen years and is undergoing detention in a Borstal institution; or (b) a child or young person with respect to whom he approved

■ is authorised to give directions under subsection (2) of section fifty-three of this Act; or (c) a young person who has been ordered to be imprisoned and has been pardoned by His Majesty on condition of his agreeing to undergo training in a school,

shall be transferred or sent to and detained in an approved school specified in the order; and any such order shall be an authority for the detention of the person to whom it relates until such date as may be specified in the order: Provided that the date to be so specified shall be not later than that on which he will in the opinion of

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